When was the last time you compiled a kernel? For many of the latest generation of Linux admins, the answer is really simple: never. I am one of those, provided we don’t count a few times I tried it just for fun, then couldn’t see why I would need a custom kernel and went back…
Day: July 17, 2014
How Russian Hackers Stole the Nasdaq
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•In October 2010, a Federal Bureau of Investigation system monitoring U.S. Internet traffic picked up an alert. The signal was coming from Nasdaq (NDAQ). It looked like malware had snuck into the company’s central servers. There were indications that the intruder was not a kid somewhere, but the intelligence agency of another country. More troubling still: When…
Seven Steps to an Effective IT Service Management Strategy
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•To have a fully functioning IT service management (ITSM) strategy, CIOs must connect all the necessary pieces together in a meaningful way. Read more at eWeek Source: Linux
SRI/Cambridge Opens CHERI Secure Processor Design
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•An anonymous reader writes with some exciting news from the world of processor design: Robert Watson at Cambridge has written a blog post on SRI/Cambridge’s recent open sourcing of the hardware and software for the DARPA-sponsored CHERI processor – including laser cutting directions for an FPGA-based tablet! Described in their paper The CHERI … (more)…